Saif'ullah
Saif'ullah v. Johnson & Johnson Ethicon, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 KHALIFAH E.D. SAIF'ULLAH, Case No. 20-cv-02844-VKD
Plaintiff,
ORDER OF REASSIGNMENT TO A
v. DISTRICT JUDGE
JOHNSON & JOHNSON ETHICON, INC., et al., 12 Defendants.
13 Plaintiff Khalifah Saif’ullah, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary, Webster Surgery Center Pinole, Collin Mbanugo, San Quentin State Prison, and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for injuries sustained from an allegedly defective product, i.e, a hernia mesh implant. Dkt. No. 1. However, plaintiff’s claims for strict product liability and negligence are not cognizable under § 1983 and must be dismissed. All named parties, including unserved defendants, must consent to magistrate judge jurisdiction before a magistrate judge may hear and decide a case. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1); Williams v. King, 875 F.3d…